Co-Evolution of Humans and Tools, reboot 11, 2009 @mprove

We should be aware of the fact that we are not just creating our tools but that these artifacts are also shaping us. This is true since the invention of language, writing, the printing press, and more than ever in our digital age of computer and web environments. These are the foundations of culture as such, and it is our responsibility to design in a way that supports our life on this planet.
BTW_ we neither have another life nor another planet.

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Co-Evolution of Humans and Tools

References & Credits

slide 2: all my job titles wordled
slide 4 (image): Paleolithic cava paintings
slide 5 (image): Medieval writing monk
slide 6 (image): Printer with movable type in 1568
slide 10: Doug Engelbart Audio Interviews by Frode Hegland; image

…the world is very complex if you are trying figure out what you would fix, etc., and how you’ll go up trying to fix it. And one Saturday I – God – the world is so damn complex, it's hard to figure out. And that's what then dawned on me that, oh, the very thing: It's very complex. It's getting more complex than ever at a more rapid rate that these problems we're facing have to be dealt with collectively. And our collective ability to deal with complex urgent problems isn't increasing at anything like the parent rate that it's going to be that the problems are. So if I could contribute as much as possible, so how – generally speaking – mankind can get more capable in dealing with complex urgent problems collectively, then that would be a terrific professional goal. So that's… It was 49 years ago. And that's been ever since.

slide 11: H-LAM/T System (image); Engelbart: Conceptual Framework, 1961
slide 17 (image): McLuhan
slide 18 (image): Wim Wenders: Der Himmer über Berlin (D) 1887 – Lied vom Kindsein
slide 19 (image): Grandpa with Laptop
slide 21/22: The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and JESS3
slide 23 (image): ROFL-Copter
slide 24: Donald Norman: Things That Make Us Smart, 1994
slide 25 (image): Ted Nelson
slide 26: Ted Nelson: Computer Lib / Dream Machines, 1974
slide 28/29: open source microblogging: sweet and laconica